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IGN makes a video of sex and hooker-shooting for GTA IV - "We crossed the line"

xsynergyx | April 30, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 XBOX 360 Company 
IGN had a video mix that took scenes from the new game, Grand Theft Auto IV. Okay, normal, but listen to this. The video was a mix of parts of the game where you saw lap dances, strip clubs, sex and lastly, the shooting of hookers. The video was called “Ladies of Liberty City: Very Bad Things” and showcased sex and shooting women. What was IGN thinking? In response IGN took the video down and said that they "crossed the line".
The video was a collection of “GTA IV” gameplay scenes. It starts with a montage of pole-dancing and lap-dancing. That’s followed by the drive-by shooting of a woman, then a visit to a strip club.

Footage of an acrobatic lap-dance is immediately followed by a scene of the game’s protagonist, Niko Bellic, gunning down a scantily-clad woman in the middle of the street.

Etcetera.

Why would IGN make a video like that?

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  • 1 thumbs!
    Subtle Demise | May 01, 2008
    Wow, who cares? Hopefully somebody downloaded it and uploads it somewhere, if they haven't already. It sounds like it could be a good laugh.
  • 0 thumbs!
    The_Don | May 01, 2008
    Really, what was IGN attempting to get out of this? Dumb act by IGN and they knew it from the start.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Armed Rebel | May 01, 2008
    Some people are just way to sensitive.
    • 3 thumbs!
      VeGiTAX2 | May 01, 2008
      Why don't you ever think of the polygons oh those poor shaders.
      • 0 thumbs!
        Storm | May 01, 2008

        It's good that they took it down, imo. Keeps from getting the controversy that R* is used to. That and good ol' Jack would have likely used it against the company.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Jak66 | May 01, 2008
    Oh no! A woman got shot, the world is coming to an end. Everyone knows you don't ever shoot a woman, and never EVER show them in a bikini, because we don't see it at the beach!

    Armed Rebel is correct.
  • -1 thumbs!
    StarJet | May 01, 2008
    Well, I'm sure this'll be popping up on YouTube from time to time.
    Anyway, IGN should've kept it. It's not like they're forcing anyone to watch it.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Ameer | May 01, 2008
      No, but they endorse it if they leave it, which is why it's been removed apparently from the website.
  • 3 thumbs!
    Sonic Flash | May 01, 2008
    So begins the PAPT organization:

    Pixels Are People Too!
    • -1 thumbs!
      slumpy monkey | May 01, 2008
      Pixel on Pixel violence must end!

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